Quantitative interaction effects of carbon dioxide, sodium chloride, and sodium nitrite on neurotoxin gene expression in nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum type B

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2928-2934

  Lövenklev, Maria ^a   Artin, Ingrid ^b   Hagberg, Oskar ^b   Borch, Elisabeth ^c   Holst, Elisabet ^b   Rådström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENES; STATISTICAL METHODS; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSIONS; GROWTH PHASES; LAG PHASE DURATION (LPD);

MICROBIOLOGY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CNTB GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; LINEAR MODELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442701962     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2928-2934.2004     Document Type: Article

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